hightime81
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Holly Springs, NC
Evening all!
93' Sport, 4.0HO with 120K, AW4, NP231 4x4, bone stock.
pulled my tie rod along with it's destroyed TRE's off today. It was more than a little unpleasant to remove them from the tie rod. i ended up letting them soak in liquid wrench for an hour or two, cleaning them off and torching them and then still needed a buddy to help me break them free. needless to say, i don't think my heep has had a alignment for quite some time.
Well, replaced the old factory TRE's with some Quality Moog TRE's. now i saw there was already some grease in each TRE while i was attaching the zirks. After i re-installed the freshly assembled tie rod back onto heep, i tried to add some more grease to the zirks just to have it basically squirt right back out.
being a grease newb, im unsure if the TRE's are already pre-greased (makes sense to me) or if i was just doing it wrong.
i was able to push the grease needle about a quarter inch into the zirk, is that as far as it should go? to test my grease skills (or lack there of) i went ahead and put some grease into my ball joint zirks and it seemed to fill in more before it started coming back out of the zirk...
Does it sound like i am doing it correctly? tips are always appreciated!
I did the at home alignment from Gojeeps website, but want to bounce my method off you guys to make sure it sounds right.
with the jeep on the ground and under normal load, turned on the engine and got the tires as straight forward as possible. Measured front, then back of tires (about a 2.5 inch wider in the back after the tie rod was re-installed). so adjusted the TRE until there was no dif between measurements in front of tire and back. however, now it kid of just LOOKS like it is too much toe out... maybe im just crazy though... im thinking a pro alignment might be in my future lol...
have a good night!
93' Sport, 4.0HO with 120K, AW4, NP231 4x4, bone stock.
pulled my tie rod along with it's destroyed TRE's off today. It was more than a little unpleasant to remove them from the tie rod. i ended up letting them soak in liquid wrench for an hour or two, cleaning them off and torching them and then still needed a buddy to help me break them free. needless to say, i don't think my heep has had a alignment for quite some time.
Well, replaced the old factory TRE's with some Quality Moog TRE's. now i saw there was already some grease in each TRE while i was attaching the zirks. After i re-installed the freshly assembled tie rod back onto heep, i tried to add some more grease to the zirks just to have it basically squirt right back out.
being a grease newb, im unsure if the TRE's are already pre-greased (makes sense to me) or if i was just doing it wrong.
i was able to push the grease needle about a quarter inch into the zirk, is that as far as it should go? to test my grease skills (or lack there of) i went ahead and put some grease into my ball joint zirks and it seemed to fill in more before it started coming back out of the zirk...
Does it sound like i am doing it correctly? tips are always appreciated!
I did the at home alignment from Gojeeps website, but want to bounce my method off you guys to make sure it sounds right.
with the jeep on the ground and under normal load, turned on the engine and got the tires as straight forward as possible. Measured front, then back of tires (about a 2.5 inch wider in the back after the tie rod was re-installed). so adjusted the TRE until there was no dif between measurements in front of tire and back. however, now it kid of just LOOKS like it is too much toe out... maybe im just crazy though... im thinking a pro alignment might be in my future lol...
have a good night!